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The 7

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday briefing: Fox News and Dominion settle lawsuit; Discord leaks; covid boosters; Damar Hamlin; Netflix DVDs; and more


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0:00.0

Real quick. Before we get started, I want to shout out that today is episode 107.

0:05.7

Look, when you work on the 7 podcast, certain milestones kind of hit differently, you know?

0:10.3

And with a special occasion, we're kicking off our first ever listener survey.

0:15.4

It takes just a few minutes and it'll help us to get to know you and how we can best serve you.

0:20.3

Go to WAPO. St ST slash the 7 pod.

0:23.5

That's WAPO dot ST slash the 7 pod.

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And the 7 pod it's the number 7.

0:31.5

There's also a link in our show notes. Thanks for considering and for real y'all. Thanks for listening and as always keep spreading the word about the seven. All right. Let's get to it. We're learning a lot more from the U.S. Military Intelligence League.

0:49.0

And it's the end of an era at Netflix.

0:52.0

I'm Jeff Pierre, and this is the seven from the Washington Post.

0:55.0

It's Wednesday, April 19th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

1:00.0

First up, Fox News agreed to settle a landmark defamation lawsuit yesterday.

1:08.8

The Minion, a voting systems company, was suing the network for airing false claims that its machines were rigged

1:14.5

against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The settlement was

1:18.7

reached just as the trial was about to begin. Justin Nelson and attorney for Dominion spoke

1:24.3

outside the Delaware court after the announcement. Today's settlement of

1:28.5

$787,500,500,000 represents vindication and accountability. Lies have consequences.

1:41.0

The settlement lets Fox avoid a drawn-out spectacle, but some damage has already been done.

1:46.0

And the story isn't over. Fox faces a similar lawsuit from Smartmatic.

1:51.0

That's another voting technology company.

1:53.0

Number two, we keep learning more from the US Military Intelligence League.

2:05.7

Hundreds of classified documents were leaked on discord, which is basically Slack for

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